A seven-year-old girl has been applauded for writing a passionate letter to Lego about gender stereotyping in toys.

Charlotte Benjamin penned the letter after noticing a lack of ‘girl Lego’ characters on a trip to her local toy store with her parents.

She told the manufacturer that all the girl figures she saw either ‘sat at home or went shopping’, while the adventurous boy figures had jobs and saved people’s lives.

The letter has been shared by thousands online after Charlotte’s mother sent a copy to Sociological Images, who posted it on Twitter.

‘Couldn’t agree more!’ said one user.

Another added: ‘So true. Gendered toys have gotten so much worse since the 80s. Disgusting.’

Read the full letter below:

Dear Lego company,

My name is Charlotte. I am 7 years old and I love legos but I don’t like that there are more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls.

Today I went to a store and saw legos in two sections the girls pink and the boys blue. All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks.

I want you to make more Lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun ok!?!